Schedule
Part Time: 20 Hours/Week
Hours: 2 Days per Week Monday - Friday 6:30am - 5pm
No Weekends or Major Holidays Required
General Summary
Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive care. Primary responsibilities include direct patient care, patient/family teaching, symptom management, counseling, and supportive role to assist the patients and their families. May require specialized skills depending on location/unit/specialty assignment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
Provides general nursing care and personal care assistance to patients.
Writes initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions and develops individual care plans for patients.
Carries out physician orders such as administering prescribed medications or treatments, preparing an operating room, order lab tests, x-rays, etc...
Cleans and prepares rooms between procedures and after terminal cleaning. Monitors and restocks supplies.
Assists provider during examinations, non-operative and operative procedures.
Maintains aseptic techniques; actively monitors situations which could lead to breaches in aseptic technique.
Assists in patient care related activities such as changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs, starting IV solutions and inserting tubes.
Provides health care instruction/education to patient and family members.
Performs a variety of nursing administrative duties.
Prepares and maintains records of patient charges.
Variation of duties may result based on the assigned customer care unit(s). This may include differences in the specific clinical skills required of the RN. Unit based skill lists outline expectations beyond the house wide RN requirements. SYS-NURS-L Nursing Education Requirements Policy outlines current certification(s) required for specific areas of nursing practice and is considered to be part of the job description.
In addition to requirements specified in the license and certification section below, current BLS certification for all areas of nursing practice is required.
Current certification may be required for the following areas of nursing practice:
Emergency Care Center - ACLS, PALS
Intensive Care Center & MSCC Lead - ACLS, PALS
L&D - ACLS, NRP, - Experienced L&D nurses will obtain within 6 months and new L&D nurses will obtain at 1 year of experience
NICU - NRP
PEDS - PALS
PCC/PACU/ENDO - ACLS, PALS
Procedural - ACLS
Common Expectations:
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate, age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
Demonstrates a commitment to patient, visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and "error proof" systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment.
Enters and/or retrieves data from established computer files using knowledge of various computer software applications.
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
Diploma Program Required or
Associates Degree Required
Bachelors Degree Nursing (BSN) Preferred
Work Experience:
1 year Nursing experience. Required
Licenses:
Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or
Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required and
Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Thinks critically, utilizes sound judgment and promptly reports potential patient safety risks to provider and/or manager.
Demonstrates good organizational skills in the preparation of daily work schedules and the assignment of duties and responsibilities.
Ability to effectively work with and through physicians, subordinates, customers, and other personnel in a cooperative, collaborative manner in order to improve patient care outcomes.
Ability to efficiently and effectively manage multiple tasks.
Ability to work in a fast paced, patient care environment.
Demonstrates ability to promote quality improvement through development and maintenance of standards.
Ability to maintain professional conduct in all work-related and/or emergent situations.
Benefits Offered ( click here for more details (https://wellspanbenefits.org/) ):
Comprehensive health benefits
Retirement savings plan
Paid time off (PTO)
Education assistance
Financial education and support, including DailyPay
Expanded Paid Parental Leave
WellSpan Health's vision is to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions throughout our continuum of care. As an integrated delivery system focused on leading in value-based care, we encompass more than 2,300 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Our high-performing Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is the region's largest and one of the best in the nation. With a team 23,000 strong, WellSpan experts provide a range of services, from wellness and employer services solutions to advanced care for complex medical and behavioral conditions. Our clinically integrated network of 3,000 aligned physicians and advanced practice providers is dedicated to providing the highest quality and safety, inspiring our patients and communities to be their healthiest.
WellSpan Apple Hill Surgical Center
Consistently noted as one of the most highly utilized outpatient surgery facilities in Pennsylvania, Apple Hill Surgical Center features 10 technologically advanced surgical suites, two procedure rooms, a private preoperative area, and a spacious recovery room. Not to mention a large comfortable reception and waiting room, a patient lounge and plenty of parking. Simply put, Apple Hill Surgical Center has been carefully designed to provide you with the most positive experience possible.
Located on the main level of Apple Hill Medical Center, the Surgical Center offers easy access to a host of quality outpatient services, including laboratory and x-ray.
Quality of Life
Founded in 1741, the city of York is considered by many as the first capital of the United States. The Articles of Confederation were signed by the Second Continental Congress here in 1777. Its beautifully restored historic district is an architectural treasure. While York retains its farming and manufacturing heritage, at its heart York is a thriving cultural community that has attracted creative talent and innovative entrepreneurial investors from across the nation.
Life in York County offers affordable housing, options for higher education, a thriving arts and cultural community, historical attractions, parks and recreational resources, semi-professional baseball team, fine dining and more - within an easy drive of major East Coast cities.
York County residents can find local employment in healthcare, manufacturing, technology, agricultural and service sectors. (Patient population: 445,000)
WellSpan Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy and intention of the System to maintain consistent and equal treatment toward applicants and employees of all job classifications without regard to age, sex, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, national origin, ancestry, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.
